Bed-lounge



(No Model.)

B; BURGESS.

BED LOUNGE.

Patented Feb. 17, 1885.

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UNITED STATES PAT NT IFFICE.

EBEN BURGESS, OF CHELSEA, MASSACHUSETTS.

BED-LOUNGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 312,327, dated February17, 1885.

Application filed February 16, 1884. (No model.)

. To'aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EBEN BURGESS, of Chelsea, county of Suffolk, Stateof Massachusetts, have invented Improvements in Bed-Lounges, of whichthe following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings,is a specification, like letters on the drawings representing likeparts.

My improvements in bed-lounges relate especially to the pillow-boardsand to means for lifting them automatically when the lounge is opened toform a bed. I

Figure 1 is a rear side view ofa bed or foldinglounge embodying myinvention. Fig. 2 shows the same unfolded; and Fig. 3 is a section inthe lines :0, the lounge being, however, opened.

The base A and top part, B, of the lounge,

* hinged together at ca, are and may be of usual construction and ofsuitable material, and may be upholstered in usual manner to constitutea bed when opened, as in Fig. 2. The base A and top part, B, are eachprovided, the one at its upper and the other at its under side, near thehead end of the lounge, with pillow or head elevating boards I) c,eacl1hinged properly to its own part, as at d e. The board b has pivoted uponone side of ita foot or lifter, b, while the board 0 has pivoted uponone side of it a similar foot orlifter, 0. (See Fig. 3.) The feet orlifters b c are united by means of a connecting device, f, herein shownas a string, cord, or wire, which is extended through the side oftheframe-Work,that when the top portion, 13, is turned over, as in Figs. 2and 3, the said connecting device shall simultaneously be made slack,thus permitting the foot-movers 71 m (shown as spiral springs) to drawthe said feet or lifters from their dotted into their full linepositions, Fig. 3, the free ends of the said feet during such movementstriking against the braces, orplates n 0 and lifting the pillow or headelevating board, as in Fig. 3. When the part B is turned up and overuponthebase A, the connection f is bent so that it acts to draw the feetfrom their full into their dotted line position in opposition to thepull of the springs m and h, ahd the pillow or head elevating boards,nolonger braced up,are permitted to assume a horizontal position.

I do not desire to limit my invention to the exact devices shown, butdesire that my invention include any well-known mechanical equivalentsfor the feet. and connection and spring, whereby the said feet orpillow-board lifters are automatically lifted by or during the mere actof opening the lounge to convert it into a bed.

I claim- 1. In a bed or folding lounge, the base A and top B, hingedtogether, the said base and top having each a hinged pillow-board, andeach of said pillow-boards having the lifters or supports b c hinged orpivoted thereto, combined with the connections f for operating saidlifters or supports, substantially as described.

2. In a bed or folding lounge, the base and top B, hinged together,thesaid base and top having each a hinged pillow-board, and each of saidpillow-boards having the lifters or supports b c hinged or pivotedthereto, and springs m and h, to operate said lifters or supports,combined with the connections f, also to operate said lifters,substantially as described.

In testimony whereofl have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

EBEN BURGESS.

Witnesses:

J 0s. 1. LIVERMORE, B. J. NoYEs.

